Last year, the Golden Globes gave out trophies to James Franco and Aziz Ansari. Which of this year’s winners will soon be embroiled in sexual misconduct scandals? I’m really worried about Carol Burnett!
I kid, of course. It’s probably going to be Christian Bale, isn’t it?. Sadly, that seems the most likely. He gave a funny acceptance speech, though.
Random Observations
Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh hosted the ceremony. They’re both likeable people and were adequately entertaining, but didn’t do or say anything particularly memorable, aside from the fact that Oh actually won an award (for Best Actress in a TV drama) at the show she was hosting.
Carol Burnett was not only given a lifetime achievement award, the trophy (which is new for the television category) is named after her.
The second lifetime achievement award of the evening went to Jeff Bridges for his film work. Surprising no one, his speech was rambling and borderline incoherent. He went on for quite a while about boat rudders for some reason and ended with the exclamation, “You’re all trim-tabs!” His Hell or High Water co-star Chris Pine, who presented the award, looked delighted by the whole thing. Tasked with following Bridges next on stage, Harrison Ford seemed amusingly exasperated.
Lady Gaga won Best Song for her A Star Is Born anthem, “Shallow,” but was denied Best Actress in favor of Glenn Close for a movie few in the viewing audience are likely to have heard of – The Wife.
Green Book, a race relations drama about segregation during the Jim Crow era, took the Best Motion Picture prize as a Comedy or Musical. Meanwhile, Bohemian Rhapsody, the musical bio-pic about rock group Queen, won the Drama category. That’s the Golden Globes in a nutshell, folks.
If this were any other awards show, it might seem surprising that Bohemian Rhapsody, which received a lukewarm response at best from critics, might be called Best Motion Picture at all. But, again, it’s the Globes. Both Rami Malek (who won Best Actor) and the film’s producer conspicuously failed to mention Bryan Singer in the thank-yous during their acceptance speeches.
The Globes ceremony, which usually runs like clockwork, came in 20 minutes over schedule this time. If this had been the Oscars, it might have been three hours late.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Black Panther
- BlacKkKlansman
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Star Is Born
Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Crazy Rich Asians
- The Favourite
- Green Book
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Vice
Winner: Green Book
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
- Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
- Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
- Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
- John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman
Winner: Rami Malek
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Glenn Close, The Wife
- Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
- Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
- Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Rosamund Pike, A Private War
Winner: Glenn Close
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Christian Bale, Vice
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
- Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
- Robert Redford, The Old Man & the Gun
- John C. Reilly, Stan & Ollie
Winner: Christian Bale
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
- Olivia Colman, The Favourite
- Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
- Charlize Theron, Tully
- Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians
Winner: Olivia Colman
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Any Motion Picture
- Mahershala Ali, Green Book
- Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
- Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
- Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Sam Rockwell, Vice
Winner: Mahershala Ali
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Any Motion Picture
- Amy Adams, Vice
- Claire Foy, First Man
- Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
- Emma Stone, The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Winner: Regina King
Best Director – Motion Picture
- Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
- Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
- Peter Farrelly, Green Book
- Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
- Adam McKay, Vice
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón
Best Motion Picture – Animated
- Incredibles 2
- Isle of Dogs
- Mirai
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Winner: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
- Capernaum
- Girl
- Never Look Away
- Roma
- Shoplifters
Winner: Roma
Best Television Series – Drama
- The Americans
- Bodyguard
- Homecoming
- Killing Eve
- Pose
Winner: The Americans
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Barry
- The Good Place
- Kidding
- The Kominsky Method
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Winner: The Kominsky Method
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- The Alienist
- The Assassination of Gianni Versace
- Escape at Dannemora
- Sharp Objects
- A Very English Scandal
Winner: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
- Jason Bateman, Ozark
- Stephan James, Homecoming
- Richard Madden, Bodyguard
- Billy Porter, Pose
- Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Winner: Richard Madden
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
- Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
- Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
- Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
- Julia Roberts, Homecoming
- Keri Russell, The Americans
Winner: Sandra Oh
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Jim Carrey, Kidding
- Sacha Baron Cohen, Who Is America?
- Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
- Donald Glover, Atlanta
- Bill Hader, Barry
Winner: Michael Douglas
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Kristen Bell, The Good Place
- Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown
- Alison Brie, GLOW
- Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Debra Messing, Will & Grace
Winner: Rachel Brosnahan
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture for Television
- Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
- Daniel Brühl, The Alienist
- Darren Criss, The Assassinatin of Gianni Versace
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
- Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
Winner: Darren Criss
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture for Television
- Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
- Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
- Connie Britton, Dirty John
- Laura Dern, The Tale
- Regina King, Seven Seconds
Winner: Patrica Arquette
For the complete list of nominees and winners, go to the official Golden Globes web site.
Chris B
The Jeff Bridges tribute was my favorite part of the evening. I liked how he gave Michael Cimino a shout-out in his acceptance speech to.
What’s up with the BR crew not even acknowledging Bryan Singer as director? Why wasn’t he in attendance? Have all the allegations that have followed him around for years finally piled up enough that nobody wants to talk about him anymore? How is he still getting work?
Also, given Singer’s rep and Kevin Spacey appearing court today for sexual assault, it’s kind of ironic Singer once directed a movie starring Spacey called THE USUAL SUSPECTS.
Josh Zyber
AuthorSinger was fired during production, allegedly due to “erratic behavior.” Dexter Fletcher (Eddie the Eagle) stepped in to finish the shoot. Singer managed to return during post-production to shape the movie in editing, but I don’t think anyone else who worked on that project is very happy to be associated with him anymore.
Shannon Nutt
It’s actually not ironic at all – SInger and Spacey are good friends and were known to throw private parties together. Spacey, of course, was also Lex Luthor in Singer’s “Superman Returns”
Josh Zyber
AuthorI think you missed the joke there, Shannon.
Shannon Nutt
Indeed I did. 🙁
Bolo
So, is Phil going to come back to do his retrospective on movies of 2018?
Josh Zyber
AuthorIf he wants to, he is welcome to, but I haven’t heard anything from him recently.
chris B
What social media is he active on? I’m not a Twitter guy but…Facebook? Instagram? Letterboxd?
Josh Zyber
AuthorI believe he’s mostly on Twitter: @thatphilbrown
Trond Michelsen
Now that the Golden Globe is done… Is there really anything to the ridiculous rumors that Disney is considering to have the Avengers host the Oscars?
Josh Zyber
AuthorSeems inevitable that Disney will take over everything, doesn’t it?
Trond Michelsen
Yeah, and with Disney reportedly having a finger or two in the snubbing of Aquaman from the shortlist for VFX, it starting to look like they’re trying to reduce the Oscars to a corporate event.
This just sounds like such a mindnumbingly dumb move, that I hope there’s time to change their mind when they eventually realize it themselves.
Timcharger
Have an actor be in his fictional character role, play the host of the Oscars?
That’s brilliant! This is the movies; this makes sense.
I don’t know if I would go with the huge Avengers cast hosting it, but there’s tons of iconic Hollywood characters that would be great at hosting the Oscars. Roundtable topic, Josh?
Trond Michelsen
Well, in theory, that sounds nice. But, if a Disney owned network use characters from a Disney movie franchise at the Oscars to promote the next installment of said franchise, it’ll be in very bad taste.
It’ll be much better if they just bring back Rob Lowe and Snow White to reprise the 1989 opening act.
cardpetree
Let Tony Stark host.